Sanitary towel

ABSTRACT

The invention covers a sanitary article constituted by a slip inside which is secured an absorbent lining for women&#39;&#39;s hygienic and medical purposes, said lining being constituted by superposed layers of fabric the size of which layers decreases in all directions from the outermost layer towards the innermost layer, said fabric being made at least partly of synthetic fibers welded together at a raised temperature.

United States Patent l 13,580,252

[72] Inventor PierreA.Delort [56] References Cited 12, Avenue MarchalFoch, Nice, France UNITED STATES PATENTS [211 2,748,772 6/1956Titoneetal 128/288 $1, 31,, $2"; 1971 3,207,158 9/1965 Yoshitakeetal..128/291 [32] Priority 1 3 3,424,162 1/1969 Parravicini 128/288 [33 FmFOREIGN PATENTS I 31 6,904,588 1,229,939 9/1960 France 128/288 [54]SANITARY TOWEL Primary Examiner-Charles F. Rosenbaum Att0rney-McGlew andToren towards the innermost layer, said fabric being made at leastpartly of synthetic fibers welded together at a raised temperature.

Patented May 25, 1971 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVIiN/UR, PIERRE A- DEA RTnT'rom/E m SANITARY TOWEL The problem of womens periodical hygiene hasnot yet found a satisfactory practical solution. The chemist provides infact his customers either with an internal plug or with a towel to beused alone or to be inserted with its fastenings inside a slip.

Internal plugs show a number of drawbacks ascribable to its insufficientabsorbent capacity and to a possible local allergy or again certainanatomic structures make its use an impossible or difficult matter.

The use of the towel alone requires special care chiefly by night with aview to preventing a soiling of the bedding and, if a slip is usedtherewith, it is practically impossible for it not to be soiled and thisleads to the necessity of cleaning it frequently. Furthermore, thetowels used nowadays cannot satisfy by reason of their structure orshape the conditions required for their proper use.

My invention has for its object to cut out such drawbacks and to producea sanitary article of a comparatively low-cost price so that it may bediscarded after use together with the impervious packing sold for it,which may be of considerable interest chiefly when travelling.

Said sanitary article is chiefly characterized by the combination of aslip of anovel structure and design suiting the desired purpose andincorporating a lining or towel of a preferably special shape asdisclosed hereinafter.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example a preferredembodiment of a sanitary article according to my invention.

FIG. I is a front view thereof FIGS. 2 and 3 are respectively anelevational and a sectional view through line lll-lll of FIG. 2 of thelining before it is incorporated with the slip.

The slip may be of any type but preferably its shape is that of the slipsold under the registered trade name Bikini as illustrated at I. It maybe made of ordinary fabric and include an entirely closed elastic beltor else a belt 2 open on one side or on both sides in association withfastening means 3. It is however preferable in the case of my inventionto resort to a special textile made of synthetic or mixed natural andsynthetic fibers, said fibers being assembled through welding at araised temperature so as to form a very light and yielding fabric of areduced cost price showing the desired properties of resistance,elasticity and imperviousness and also tolerance by the wearer's skin.

The lining 4 is according to my invention, constituted as illustrated inFIG. 3 by a plurality of superposed layers 5,5',5" made of a fabric of ahigh absorbent power, preferably similar to that which has just beendescribed for the slip. There is thus obtained a succession ofsuperposed interconnected layers of increasing sizes from the innermostlayer to the outermost layer which is secured to the slip, whereby thelining as a whole is thicker in its center. The innermost layer 5 isthicker in its center. The innermost layer 5 is thicker than the othersand is recessed or open in its medial section as shown at 5a so as tomate the shape of the wearers body. The lining is secured to the slipthrough any suitable means but preferably its innermost layer is coveredby a sheet 6 of fabric perforated in registry with the recess 50 andfitted tightly over the lining to which it is secured while it mayensure the rigid connection between the latter and the slip throughwelding therewith at raised temperature of the projecting edges 6a ofsaid sheet which is advantageously made of the same fabric as thatdescribed hereinabove.

lclaim:

l. A sanitary article for women s medical and hygienic purposescomprising a slip having a crotch and a lining for said slip crotchincluding a plurality of superposed interconnected layers of absorbentfabric the size of said layers in all directions decreasing stepwisefrom the outermost towards the innermost layer whereby the thickness ofthe lining is greater in its center registering with all the layers thanalong its edges corresponding only to the outermost layer adjacent theslip.

. A sanitary as claimed in claim 1 wherein the innermost layer of thelining is provided with a central recess mating the shape of the wearersbody 3. A sanitary article as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slip ismade of a fabric including at least partly synthetic fibers weldedtogether at raised temperature 4. A sanitary article as claimed in claim1 wherein the slip is made of a fabric including at least partlysynthetic fibers welded together at raised temperature, said articlecomprising furthermore a perforated piece of fabric covering the liningfacing away from the slip and welded along its edges to the latter.

1. A sanitary article for women''s medical and hygienic purposes comprising a slip having a crotch and a lining for said slip crotch including a plurality of superposed interconnected layers of absorbent fabric the size of said layers in all directions decreasing stepwise from the outermost towards the innermost layer whereby the thickness of the lining is greater in its center registering with all the layers than along its edges corresponding only to the outermost layer adjacent the slip.
 2. A sanitary as claimed in claim 1 wherein the innermost layer of the lining is provided with a central recess mating the shape of the wearer''s body
 3. A sanitary article as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slip is made of a fabric including at least partly synthetic fibers welded together at raised temperature
 4. A sanitary article as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slip is made of a fabric including at least partly synthetic fibers welded together at raised temperature, said article comprising furthermore a perforated piece of fabric covering the lining facing away from the slip and welded along its edges to the latter. 